News / AAL service goes full-time as demand for multipurpose offering grows

An emerging trend of shippers switching from their established container carriers to other shipping solutions appears to be gaining ground.

And  to meet growing demand, multipurpose operator AAL Shipping has cemented its capacity offering on its Europe-Middle East/Indian subcontinent-Far East liner service. 

The company said yesterday six 31,000 dwt multipurpose vessels (MPVs) it has on long-term charter were being deployed full-time on the service. 

The firm said there was “growing popularity for the service among large and small shippers from across Europe and the Middle East that are able to parcel their project, heavylift, ...